May 2018 - Real Wireless

Waveforms: tomorrow on trial

by Simon Fletcher | May 15, 2018 | Real Wireless blog

At Real Wireless, we tend to assume that our expertise will be called upon by a number of industry players as 5G throws up new challenges and competing ways of solving problems. However, even though most activity is still only at the trial stage, there’s no doubt that...

5G, Industry 4.0 and the future of British manufacturing

by Dr Abhaya Sumanasena | May 10, 2018 | 5G, Real Wireless blog

In the Nordic countries, there has been a recent surge in trials in 5G-enabled manufacturing. One notable trial combined ultra-low latency and high bandwidth aspects of 5G with machine learning to enhance production. Another demonstrated ways to produce blade...

5G: spectrum isn’t the only thing that could be shared

by Simon Fletcher | May 8, 2018 | 5G, Real Wireless blog

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) – a global, cross-industry alliance focused on increasing dynamic access to unused radio frequencies – held its Global Summit 2018 in London (on May 1-3). It took on a lot of issues and, in particular, raised the profile of spectrum...

Let’s chat about AI

by Simon Fletcher | May 4, 2018 | Real Wireless blog

The value of Artificial intelligence (AI) for mobile operators may be one of the less widely discussed uses of AI. It could, however, be considerable in areas like predicting demand patterns and anomalies in dense urban areas, proactive maintenance and improved...

Edge compute: time to open up

by Dr Abhaya Sumanasena | May 2, 2018 | Real Wireless blog

The combination of wireless and edge compute has a number of potential applications. Reducing the latency that would undermine the effectiveness of 5G connectivity could eventually permit 5G’s effective use in a number of applications. Industrial applications...

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Talking about (and to) trains

by Oliver Bosshard | Mar 24, 2021

The team at Real Wireless has been looking back at wireless connectivity progress over 2020 in a number of sectors. There’s little doubt that overground rail communications services are among the slowest to develop – certainly in comparison to road, air or ports (or...

Never mind the price, just look what might come next in the 5G spectrum auction in the UK!

by Dr Abhaya Sumanasena | Mar 25, 2021

The outcome of the recently completed Principal Stage in the UK’s 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz spectrum auction led to prices being significantly lower than analyst forecasts. What could be the reasons for spectrum being sold at prices well below the industry average,...

Wi-Fi is dead: long live Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi has always been the wireless connectivity of choice when it comes to reaching the most people with the lowest cost. Practically every laptop, tablet and smartphone relies on it as their main or only connection to the internet and cloud services. If you want to...

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